A test of long-term, predictive, geochemical transport modeling at the Akrotiri archaelogical site

摘要

A study of elemental transport at the Akrotiri archeological site on the island of Santorini, Greece, has been conducted to evaluate the use of natural analog data in support of long-term Predictive modeling of the performance of a proposed geologic repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Akrotiri and Yucca Mountain have many analogous features including Silicic volcanic rocks, relatively dry climates, and oxidizing, hydrologically unsaturated subsurface Conditions. Transport of trace elements from artifacts buried in volcanic ash 3600 years ago at Akrotiris is analogous to transport of radioactive wastes in the proposed repository.